{"id":32722,"date":"2026-08-15T08:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=32722"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:16:12","slug":"two-towers-proposal-for-former-newspaper-site-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=32722","title":{"rendered":"Two towers proposal for former newspaper site \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Renfield-Street-student-plan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198833 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Renfield-Street-student-plan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Renfield-Street-student-plan.png 982w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Renfield-Street-student-plan-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Renfield-Street-student-plan-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Renfield-Street-student-plan-600x411.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The plan for Renfield Street involves two towers<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Former newspaper offices in Glasgow are likely to be replaced by a development including more student and co-living accommodation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A public square would also be created on the site of the Herald and Times newspapers with the relocation of a C-listed fountain and space for shops and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The acccommodation comprises 381 beds in a 20-storey tower, while a second 12-storey block would have 167 co-living units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The application by MRP 200 Ren Limited is recommended for approval by city councillors next week. There have been nine objections and five letters of support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A council report says: \u201cThe application site is located within an area undergoing positive change, representing an opportunity to bring a vacant site back into productive use and contribute to the re-population of the City Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe proposed student accommodation and co-living development will deliver high-quality residential buildings with shared amenity spaces and provide significantly improved public realm to the locality through the \u201cArts Square\u201d and the re-imagined lane network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe scheme respects the site\u2019s context in a prominent city centre location and addresses environmental constraints through careful design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Daily Business Bulletin<\/strong>:\u00a0Subscribe here for our free morning bulletin of breaking news<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.6.0) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#towers #proposal #newspaper #site #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plan for Renfield Street i&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,265,19052,19053,2851,4537,19054,5048,19055,13450],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}